Republicans have a Nazi porn problem, again. Virginia Republican lieutenant governor nominee John Reid is facing mounting political pressure after a report tied him to a Tumblr blog that reposted Nazi-themed pornography and violent sexual content. The allegations, which Reid has denied, have fueled fresh calls for his withdrawal from the race.

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      Interesting read, although I still feel like it’s a leap to say that a patriarchal society requires pedophilia. What I think is more likely is that the more pedophiles there are in positions of authority, they will prefer to give positions to those in their “special group”. I would imagine it almost becomes a right of passage because those in power need something to hold over those under them.

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        Even if they don’t give those positions to them they certainly won’t punish someone for having those same views. And that’s another part of it, where people who aren’t actively bad are still passively enabling everyone who is because it doesn’t affect them personally.

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        There is some research showing that objectifying women isn’t done for sexual gratification but to reduce women’s value as a human. To make them lower.

        It looks like sexual gratification motivation. But it’s not.

        It’s power.

        People have been pointing out for decades how rape isn’t about sexual gratification. It’s about having power over another person. And they target people where they have a high chance of success.

        When men (or at least a large majority) consistently promote objectifying women, it becomes normalized. And if women complain, they are just being complainers. The narrative is promoted that they actually like being objectified because they like the attention.

        But talk to any woman and the majority will tell you they don’t like being objectified and it makes them feel less respected.

        Cause that’s exactly what it is.

        If you follow this logic, you can see how women start being targeted for this turning them into lower humans at younger ages. Before they even hit puberty.

        Because in order for a man to be superior to a woman. She has to know from childhood that she is nothing but an object for his pleasure.

        This is called grooming.

        And that word is usually applied to a specific situation between 2 people. However, it does happen at a societal scale.

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      I mean republicans are full Nazi these days so it makes sense. I mean a lot are self loathing closeted gay Nazis but they’re all Nazis now every last one.

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      I’m not defending the guy in the OP, but “violent”, “extreme” and “nazi” porn is a slippery slope. A latex domme facesitting could be framed as extreme, violent, nazi pornography by some people.

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          I’m saying that, and we had this in the UK with the extreme pornography laws, that puritans (/proto-fascists / cryptofascists) will call it Nazi porn in order to ban it, even if they are (lower-case) nazis themselves

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            Oh, if you’re saying banning things are a slippery slope, I agree. Plus I would rather let Nazis be Nazis so I can know who my enemy is.

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    Yo if people in the 80s and 90s could see these headlines they’d not even know how to digest it.

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    Republicans: Democrats call us fascist and Nazis and it hurts our fee fees.

    Also Republicans: Masturbates furiously to Nazi porn.

    Every accusation is a sticky mess of an admission with these guys

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      Its crazy to me they are seeing it as a feature, not a bug. Its like they forgot their grandfathers fought and killed Nazis to free the world from fascists.

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        Oh, but they’ll cry about how it’s so mean to call them fascists.

        Also, they’ll pull some Murc’s Law shit and act like they were made to be fascists because of the mean Democrats…

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    Wait, this is a gay Republican who is also in an interracial relationship?

    Um, does he not understand that conservatives…have plans…for people like him?

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    Reid’s longtime partner, Alonzo Mable, is Black.

    If they’re into race play, that’s weird but none of our business. Judge not lest ye be judged for the porn that you like.

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        Yup. He’s got a right to do that. Doesn’t make him a great candidate, though.

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            Me either. He’s not my candidate, since I don’t live in VA, but if I did, he would not have my vote.

            He still has the right to share Nazi porn.

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      Some of the stuff that people are into can tell us about what they’re like as people. Fetishizing nazis and white power shit, that’s not just a fetish, that shit’s a lifestyle, and I’m pretty sure that that carries over into a person’s actual political opinions and attitudes. But, it might not be him. That’s always a possibility. I’d like some proof that it was.

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      It also appears the entirety of the evidence the Tumblr account is his is the username being the same. That’s interesting, but not conclusive.

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    Shit that might get him elected as all conservatives love fucking children and being hateful. Every. One. Of. Them.

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      I actually think a lot of the voting base actually does genuinely care about protecting children. They simply have a very warped idea of what that entails, because they’ve been given boogeymen to distract from the real problems.

      Look at how many republican voters were pissed about the Epstein files not being released. Especially early on, before Fox News figured out their talking points and had time to keep repeating them. Those voters were genuinely upset about it.

      “Protect the children” has been a war banner for the right for a long time. It has been something they rally around, and that Fox would use to galvanize voters. For instance, they don’t like drag queens? Say that the drag queens are harmful to children, and those voters will go along with it. And there is a significant percentage of that voting bloc that genuinely believes the “protect the children” message.

      The ones in power absolutely love fucking children.

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        Nope.

        Conservative PEOPLE love fucking children. It’s mainly the right that is asking about child marriage, lowering consent age, banning contraception, and such.

        Most documented pedophiles that I’ve seen tend to be white, male, and lean conservative. Now white women are making an effort to catch up in the fucking children department however.

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    Surely he’s the ideal choice to be the next GOP Presidential candidate?. Just go and rant ability some minority sacrificing dogs or some shit and he’s a shoe in.

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      And his base will still say there’s more proof about the dog thing despite it being 100% fabricated.